A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000muwk. Unique identifier: us6000muwk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.985 km (54 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:38:26 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 161.3838° East, -10.2581° South, depth 86.985 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 14:38:26 / April 29, 2024 @ 2:38 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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